Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for July 02, 2022

Pinball… specifically the ones on computer for all the graphics it had, the great joy of my teenage times

I remember Empire Strikes Back was my favourite machine.

I was too busy playing Zaxxon or Boskonian to bother much with Donkey Kong though.

My youngest son’s favorite memory from his trip to California? Winning a Game Boy from a claw machine.

All of the sweet memories of my childhood

Mandy is my favorite geek in the world.

The voice actor for Rosie the Robot was also the voice actor for Wilma Flintstone.

Rosie Jetson… I wish I had one. Possibly human sized. And “alive”. I would treat her nicely and we would be good friends. :-)

Pinball tables in LV are super tough because they are SO clean, and they are usually set up a few degrees steeper.

I wish you could visit my son. His hobby is restoring old arcade games. He has a game room full of them. You could play for hours for free.

Even after I learned to tilt I was never great at pinball.

We have a “robot vacuum”. When setting up the app to be able to run it remotely, it required us to input a name (vacuum, {brand name}, vac, etc). We chose “Rosie” ☺️

I loved that show when I was a kid.

Missile Command. Robotron. Galaga.